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Hats off to cast and crew of a terrific Soldiers Show

To the Editor: My family saw the Soldiers Show on Saturday.  It was a colorful, well-done, wonderfully produced show. ...

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Not the best way to boost pool revenue

Some residents have made enough of a splash about rules changes at the city pools to leave one wondering whether city officials could use life preservers. We can’t blame parents of young children for...

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Our cemeteries looked beautiful on Memorial Day

To the Editor: I visited Sunset and Sunrise cemeteries on Memorial Day and was very impressed and proud of the way they looked. ...

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Senior 17ers finish second at TOC

After the American Legion Manhattan Manko senior 17ers outlasted the Kansas Crush in Friday’s first pool-play game, everyone watching Sunday’s final in bracket play expected a hotly-contested game. The...

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Junior 17ers fall in 15-5 blowout

The Manhattan Manko 17-and-under 17ers started things off well enough Saturday night in the late game of the 21st Annual Manhattan Tournament of Champions at Norvell Field, but the good start didn’t...

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Her career path is very snowy

Stephanie Oursler has great dreams and has already taken some big steps to make sure they come true.  A May 2012 graduate of Kansas State’s College of Veterinary Medicine, Oursler attended the 2012...

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Auditorium revamp on city agenda

City commissioners will decide whether to move forward with the renovations to City Auditorium during their regular meeting Tuesday. Commissioners authorized architect Bruce McMillan to do a set of...

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Local lawmakers pan results of 2013 session

The Kansas Legislature ended its overtime session Sunday with local legislators voting against the budget, which included cuts to K-State. Post-secondary institutions will have $66 million in cuts over...

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Initiative pays off in caught criminals

The Riley County Police Department’s patrol chief told county commissioners Monday that the department’s new Laser Point initiative has caught three people believed to have committed around 30 recent...

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Esquivel, Matthys solid for Wildcats

Kansas State relievers Gerardo Esquivel and Jake Matthys were there when Kansas State needed them the most Sunday night. The two combined to toss 6 1/3 shutout innings of relief to close the door on...

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Cats edge Hogs, win regional

For a while, scoring the third run of the game seemed to elude Kansas State in its NCAA Regional championship game with Arkansas. But a sequence of two wild pitches among three tries from Razorback...

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Optimist Fury competes in Lincoln tourney

The Manhattan Optimist Fury 12-and-under softball team ventured to Lincoln, Neb., this past weekend to compete in the Pitch For The Cure cancer benefit tournament. The Fury showed some rust from a...

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K-State football season tickets sold out

For the first time in program history, all available public football season tickets have been sold, as department officials announced Monday that K-State fans have stepped up in record fashion for the...

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Cats set to face Beavers

Playing in its first Super Regional in school history, Kansas State will have a challenge ahead of it this weekend. The Wildcats will open play against Oregon State on Saturday in Corvallis, Ore., at 6...

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K-State signs International standout

Kansas State head women’s basketball coach Deb Patterson announced Monday the signing of the top international recruit in the class of 2013, Leticia Romero of Spain, to a National Letter of Intent...

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RaEtta Wilson

RaEtta Louise Wilson, 76, of Wamego died Sunday at the Westy Community Care Home in Westmoreland. ...

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Ronald Powell

Ronald J. “Cowman” Powell, 77, of Wamego and formerly of Hutchinson died Sunday. ...

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Louise Miller

Louise M. Miller, 80, died Sunday, June 2. ...

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Robert Turner

Robert L. Turner Jr., 89, of Salina, died Sunday in Salina. ...

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Physicist receives $750,000 award for international quest

A K-State physicist has received the prestigious Department of Energy Early Career Research Award for his collaborative research involving the Large Hadron Collider. Andrew Ivanov, assistant professor...

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